Paper flag



April 21, 1925. 1,534,652

W. A. LORENZ PAPR FLAG' Filed July 16 1921 Patented Apr.. 2l,

UNITED srarss COMPANY, or naafrronn, conn CUT, GORSGREEXON QF CONNECTCUT,

AEE FLAG.

Application filed July 1G, 1921-. Serial No. `lfilf?.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VVniLniM A. LonnNZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Vlmprovements in Paper F lags", of which theifolloiving is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to paper flags and staffs therefor, and particularly to the construction of the stati' and the means for attaching it to the iiag.

The flag is preferably of paper, crimpled or indented in a manner to render it flexible, and an object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive but efficient means for mount ing the flag. At one end of the flag is formed or provided a paper or fabric tube, which serves as a socket into which the end of the staff or mount is thrust.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear. Y,

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l represents a face view of the flag, which may be of suitable crimpled, indented or other limp paper, having attached thereto at. one end a tab or blank which is also made of paper or other fabric, and is adapted to be folded on the dotted lines to form into a socket for the staff.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure l, but showing the socket as completed thereon.'

Figure 3 is an edge view of the device seen at Figure 2, and illustrates the method of formingthe socket.

Figure et is a view of one end portion of the flag staff, and Figure is an end vieu7 thereof. f Figure 6 is a view of the other end portion of the flag staff, and Figure? is an end vieuT thereof.

Figure 8 illustrates the flag attached to the staff.

At the end of the flag A is formed or attached a tab or blank B, Which is folded over on the lines C, D to form atlattened tube, preferably tapering, which is pasted down as illustrated at E, Figure 3. rhis tube when opened out is preferably of larger diameter at its loiver end than at its upper end. lt forms a substantial socket F, Within which is introduced the end of a staif G,

said staff or mount preferably made of a tube ot spirally Wound paper. The tube is preferably tapered at its upper end by .means of-longitudinal flutes or grooves H` rolled or formed therein, with the depth of each groove increasing towards the end of the stati?. The tapering of the staff end may correspond substantially With the tapering ofv the tube F, so that the stati", upon being forced into the tube, will hold thereto and afford a substantial mount for the {ia-g. rllhe end of the tube may be compressed to make it pointed at J for` convenience in introducing it into the tube, and to form an ornament at the top of the flag.

lit will thus be seen that the invention comprises a paper flag having a strip portion forming a tapering socket at one end, into Which atapering stati3 or mount is forced to hold it to the Hag; the socket portion being preferably notched at K for convenience in inserting the end J 'of the pointed statig.

llhe strip B, which is rolled up and may be of stiffer and substantially7 stronger material than the body of the flag. The socket is formed by doubling over the strip along the lines C, D, as shown, one edge of the strip being folded under and paste being applied to this folded-under edge to make it adhere to thebase portion of the strip at E. The staff may be other- Wise formed, and otherwise provided With a tapering end.

The invention is particularly adapted to paper flags', rendering it convenient to pack and ship them separately from the poles, thereby economizing space and reducing cost of manufacture, and the poles may be easily attached to thel flags by the purchaser. It is noted that the flag has its socket at one end extending the full height of the flag, so as to forni a iirm union Vof the fia and the stati" throughout the height ofthe latter; the firmness of the union being obtained by slightly tapering the socket and iiag staff, so that, when the staff is forced into the socket, it becomes practically rigid therewith and forms the sole support of the flag.

`Variations may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A paper flag having a strip portion which is folded and pasted into a tapering socket for the introduction of a mount, said to form Y the socket, may be separately manufactured,

socket extending' the full height of the end e pasted tube, und a steli inserted in seid tube, seid staff mede of tube of paper, said tube tapering troni its lower end to its upper end, said staff tube tapered es a` result of longitudinal grooves roi-ined therein, to enable it to lit into the socket of the flag.

3. A peper fino' hex/'ing e tapering` socket tube et one end to receive a tapering steli', said socket portion beingl notched'or the insertion of the end of the stuff.

4. peper Hag having a tapering` socket tube at one end to receive u tapering' steif, said socket portion being notched for the insertion of the end of the steif, said tube formed of an attached strip which is folded A peper ling having at its mounting or rolled up to form the socket, and is of stil'ler and stronger materiel than the body of the Hug.

5. A flag; staff mede olf e tube of peper, seid tube tapering from its lower end to its upper end, seid steif tube tapered as u result` of longitudinal flutes Jtermed therein, to

enable it to lit into the socket o n fine' the 25 flutes being` mede deeper near the pointed end oi the stati' than at the other end.

(5. A Hag stie inede oil' e tube ol peper, seid steli tube tapered as a result of longitudinul grooves foi-ined therein.

VILLIAM A. LORENZ.

TWitnesses MARGARET T. DENNIS, D. MAUDE SMITH. 

